1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/apply.c b/apply.c
index d5e7bfdb4d..9eba034e5d 100644
--- a/apply.c
+++ b/apply.c
@@ -1588,7 +1588,7 @@ static int try_create_file(const char *path, unsigned int mode, const char *buf,
 
 	if (S_ISLNK(mode))
 		return symlink(buf, path);
-	fd = open(path, O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_WRONLY | O_TRUNC, (mode & 0100) ? 0777 : 0666);
+	fd = open(path, O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_WRONLY, (mode & 0100) ? 0777 : 0666);
 	if (fd < 0)
 		return -1;
 	while (size) {